Amazon has hired veteran media marking executive Jamia Bigalow as head of partner marketing for its entertainment devices and services division.

Bigalow, who most recently served as senior VP of distribution marketing at Fox Networks, will now be charged with supporting joint marketing efforts between Amazon’s Fire TV platform and streaming partners including Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max and Discovery Plus, among others. 

She’ll also seek to build the overall brand for Fire TV, which has more than 50 million active users worldwide. 

During her eight-year tenure at Fox, Bigalow oversaw marketing strategies to support both linear and OTT distribution for channels including FOX, FX, National Geographic, Fox Sports and Fox News. 

She also oversaw marketing efforts surrounding retransmission consent and channel carriage agreements.

Prior to joining Fox, Bigalow served as director of affiliate marketing for the NFL Network, where she spearheaded the launch of a marketing program that helped the network reach record-breaking distribution in less than a year.

She was named to Multichannel News; 2020 “Wonder Woman” class. 

Twelve top-performing executives in cable television operations, programming, network distribution and advertising sales have been selected by the editors of Multichannel News as the 2013 class of Wonder Women.

They will be profiled in the Jan. 28 edition of Multichannel News and will be honored at a luncheon event on March 19 at the Hilton New York hotel. For more information about the event, email Sandy Friedman (sfriedman@nbmedia.com).

Here is the 2013 class of Wonder Women:

Jamia Bigalow, senior vice president, distribution marketing, Fox Networks

Denise Denson, executive vice president, content distribution and marketing, Viacom Media Networks

Viviane Eisenberg, senior vice president and chief counsel, programming, global marketing and global licensing, HBO

Irene Esteves, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Time Warner Cable

Tamara Franklin, senior vice president, affiliate operations and new media distribution, Scripps Networks Interactive

Jacqueline Hernandez, chief operating officer, Telemundo Media

Ava Jordhamo, president, New York, Zenith

Nancy Kanter, senior vice president, original programming, and general manager, Disney Junior Worldwide

Marjorie Kaplan, president and general manager, Animal Planet; president, Science & Velocity Networks

Cathy Kilstrom, senior vice president, customer care, West Division, Comcast Cable

Kim Norris, executive vice president, emerging businesses and data analytics, Cablevision Media Sales

Donna Speciale, president, Turner Entertainment & Young Adults Ad Sales

The editors of Multichannel News will also be selecting a class of Women to Watch who will be honored at the luncheon, co-hosted with the New York chapter of Women in Cable Telecommunications.